felicity

/fəˈlɪsədi/

/fəˈlɪsɪti/

Other forms: felicities

Felicity is a state of happiness or the quality of joy. Sitting on the roof with a telescope and iced tea on a clear, starry night is one way to find perfect felicity — a happy place.

Felicity comes from the Latin fēlīcitās, meaning "happiness." A synonym for felicity is "blissfulness." People, places, and things can have felicity: "His personality was so warm and full of felicity that we felt at ease the minute we met him." Or you can be in a state of felicity: "A full stomach, a fluffy couch, and the felicity of a Sunday-afternoon nap."

Definitions of felicity

1. noun

   pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
   synonyms: felicitousness

   antonyms:

   infelicity

   inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

   type of:

   appropriateness

   the quality of being specially suitable
2. noun

   state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
   synonyms: happiness

   types:

   beatification, beatitude, blessedness

   a state of supreme happiness

   radiance

   an attractive combination of good health and happiness

   enlightenment, nirvana

   (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

   type of:

   emotional state, spirit

   the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)